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January 10th, 2016

You may have noticed that Pixar storytellers and animators are movie lovers, and often slip references to classic films into their movies. But you probably haven’t caught how often it happens. Recent film...

Emma Jean Nolan is a midwife and photographer in Brisbane, Australia. Sometimes she gets to combine her trades. When Harper Hoani Spies was born, she took this photo of her along with her intact placenta. Nolan shaped th...

Felicity Can Do It! by An ArielViewThere's nothing that brilliant beauty Felicity Smoak can't do, except maybe shoot four arrows a second or leap from building to building fighting bad guys. But she's a powerhouse when...

In 1984, we all enjoyed the movie Footloose, with its toe-tapping music and awesome dancing and young, good-looking stars. But was it at all believable? It’s 1984! We’ve been through disco! What town...

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTAJWrTf_Hw](Video Link)Although he's only 11 weeks old, Eli has already made his choice: he's turned to the dark side of the Force.His father, Micah Hayman, suspects this because he need...

Is there a statute of limitations on movie spoilers? From the time the world wide web was born, no one bothered to hide the fact that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker’s father. It would surely be important keep plot...

Poor Chewie: all he had was his bandolier!He should have taken Jabba's approach. Clothes are an unnecessary distraction. You only need clothes when someone is going to give you a medal, but that clearly isn't happening.-...

These photos from Russian photographer Kristina Makeeva were shot in Moscow over the winter holidays, with the most recent captures being made just a few days ago. Makeeva focused on major monuments and spaces...

It’s been almost two years since Timo the Ragdoll Cat received his own cat-sized hammock. He was quite awkward with it at first, but practice make purrfect, and Timo has certainly practiced his napping in the hammo...

(Photo: Northwest Territories Geological Survey)This is what Peel Plateau Lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada looks like now.(Photo: Scott Zolkos/University of Alberta/National Post)It used to look like...

Image: Matt BinsteadIt's advice that has long been issued to young and old alike: "take time out to stop and smell the roses." Humans considered to be all too consumed by the often joyless circumstances of...

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en0p1Y35p3w](Video Link)Three years ago, the percussion troupe Etnobit visited Lake Baikal in eastern Russia in the middle of winter. There, the wife of one of the members slipped and fel...

It's hard to share a bed with someone who has a problem sleeping, but it's even worse sharing a bed with someone who snores, thrashes around or talks in their sleep.But if you can't break up, or sleep in a separate bedro...

Mickey Rat by FirebeardThe big D tried to create a character that would serve as Mickey's disenfranchised cousin for a series of edgy shorts they were making during the 60s, but something about Mickey Rat didn't sit wel...